Social Justice Perspectives on English Language Learners

Ashraf Esmail, Abul Pitre, Alice Duhon-Ross McCallum, Judith Blakely, Brandon Hamann

• Publisher: Hamilton Books
• Year: 2023
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780761873099
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

The recent increase in immigration patterns in the United States has meant an increase in the number of children whose first language is not English entering American schools. Some reports indicate that as many as one in four students come from families where the language spoken in the home is not English. This books is focused on providing teachers access to credible information that will assist them understand the English language learner, develop effective strategies to teach English language learners, create effective learning environments and use assessments to meet the needs of English language learners as well as garner community resources to support for English language learners.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Linguistic Mediation Strategies for Promoting Equity and Social Change in the Bilingual Education Classroom
• Chapter 2: Rethinking Assessment of English Learners and the Role of Connection
• Chapter 3: SySTEMic Issues: Exploring the Effects of Colonialism on English Language Learners’ Academic Outcomes
• Chapter 4: The Power of a Story: Catalyzing Social Change Through Photovoice Projects
• Chapter 5: (Re)Conceptualizing Strategies for Teaching African English Learners in U.S. Classrooms
• Chapter 6: Looking at the Past to See the Future: Montana’s Underserved Native American English Language Learners
• Chapter 7: Multilingual English Language Learners: A Social Change Perspective
• Chapter 8: Linguistically Sustaining Core Instructional Practices: Supporting Multilingual Learners in General Education Classrooms
• Chapter 9: Bilingual Education for African American Students: Where the Resolution at?
• Chapter 10: Equitably Assessing Emergent Bilinguals
• Chapter 11: We Are All Language Teachers: Lessons Learned From a Japanese Bilingual Program
• Chapter 12: Toward a Glocalized and Translingual Perspective on Emerging Bilinguals
• Chapter 13: Who Are the Students Learning English and How Do We Talk About Them?
• Chapter 14: Translanguaging as a Tool for Social Justice
• Chapter 15: English Language Learner as sCHOLArs: Who Counts as a Scholar in a Charter Public School?
• Chapter 16: Building Transfer Partnerships to Increase Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student Access and Success
• Chapter 17: Increasing the Latinx Teacher Pipeline: Disrupting Cultural and Linguistic Mismatches While Creating Models of Success
• Chapter 18: Teacher Mindset: A Case Study of Embracing Multiculturalism and Multilingualism as Strategies for Effective and Just Teaching
• Chapter 19: Re-imagining Science Education for English Language Learners Through Integrated STEM and Multicultural Education
• Chapter 20: Dual Language Education: A Model of Academic, Cultural, and Social Equity for English Language Learners
• Chapter 21: Using Cultural and Political Vignettes in the Professional Development of Teachers of English Language Learners
• About the Editors and Contributors